Nick Gomez, Chris Rees, Brian Hernandez, Hector Rodriguez,
Chris Sosa, and Joshua Burbridge
What Is UNIX?
An operating system originally created in 1969
Provided many ground-breaking features
Completely self supporting
Originally designed in assembly code
Rewritten in C in 1973
The foundation of modern day Linux and BSD operating systems
Why UNIX?
UNIX incorporated many special features that were either new or uncommon to operating systems of the time. UNIX revolutionized operating system design, and many of it’s principles are used in modern operating systems, such as Windows, OS X, and Linux.
